Elon Musk asked OpenAI investor Vinod Khosla to support Trump. Khosla said he doesn't 'accept depravity'.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Shortly after President Joe Biden withdrew his candidacy from the 2024 presidential race, Vinod Khosla, a venture capitalist and OpenAI investor, posted on X that the Democratic Party should select a moderate candidate to defeat former president Donald Trump.

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Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, was not impressed. "Come on, Vinod. Trump/Vance LFG!!" he replied.

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Khosla is a Democratic donor who hosted a fundraiser for Biden in May and previously endorsed Hillary Clinton in 2016. He snapped back, noting it would be hard to support Trump.

"Hard for me to support someone with no values, lies, cheats, rapes, demeans women, hates immigrants like me," Khosla replied. "He may cut my taxes or reduce some regulation but that is no reason to accept depravity in his personal values. Do you want President who will set back climate by a decade in his first year? Do you want his example for your kids as values?"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/elon-musk-asked-openai-investor-vinod-khosla-to-support-trump-khosla-said-he-doesn-t-accept-depravity/ar-BB1qnWJC

[WarGamer]

1. BOOM.

[Baitball Blogger]

12. The sound the other shoe makes when it drops.

We all knew it was coming. I have been sitting quietly on the sidelines hoping it wouldn't happen.

[Dave Bowman]

2. That nasty greedy clown can go to hell.

[ProfessorPlum]

53. trump or vance? lol

[Dave Bowman]

54. Both plus Muskrat.

[Wounded Bear]

3. Nice to hear some rich folk not be assholes...

[krkaufman]

45. And to publicly shame the biggest of them all.

nt

[newdeal2]

4. Not even a huge fan of his over his beach access lawsuits in San Francisco

But he ain't wrong here.

[lapfog_1]

5. I've met Vinod Khosla twice... no way he will support Trump/Vance/

Both times doing a pitch to the partners at his VC firm, once for my startup and once for a startup that hired me specifically to do the Sand Hill Road Shuffle ( a name I coined ).

They passed on both investments... but having done a little research on them before doing the elevator pitch, there is no way Vinod Khosla will back Trump. He looks for brains and competence first and foremost.

[musette_sf]

6. We in HMB still think he sucks

but in this matter, he is correct.

[BigMin28]

7. Does he know Eloon?

The man possesses no conscience, or character.

[JoseBalow]

8. Supporting drumpf is a permanent stain on one's character

and reputation

[niyad]

9. LFG, egoloon?

Is there any way egoloon's government contracts could be revoked? national security threat? something?

[onecaliberal]

10. Who knew. A rich guy with morals. A unicorn.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

13. Add one Gov Pitzker

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._B._Pritzker

[SomedayKindaLove]

21. Cuban

Was fighting the fight for Bidenomics on X recently.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

31. I think Cuban has been a tremendous advocate for democratic values.

That is thinking outside the box. Interesting.

[ShazzieB]

26. That's who I thought of, too!

JB Pritzker is living proof that billionaire does not always = asshole!

I think being raised with good values is the key. The Pritzker family is known for their philanthropy, and he grew up seeing that in action. Whereas Eloon apparently grew up having his every whim indulged and being taught that being born into wealth made him better than others.

[Demovictory9]

11. Excellent

[Blue for the win]

14. Of course he would

Would musk want Trump to set values for his children? I would say the answer is yes as long as it lines his pockets because that's what really matters to this man obviously nothing else!!

[SleeplessinSoCal]

34. it's scary how many "conservatives" have thrown out morals...

... in pursuit of money. But it does add weight to the adage "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

Among Evangelicals, I'm sure irony is in short supply.

[Hekate]

15. I'd like to thank Mr Khosla for that impressive brush-off....

[h2ebits]

25. Me too! It's a great response.

[bmichaelh]

16. Trump's immigration policies are terrible

What is not talked about in MSM much, if Trump's immigration policies were enacted in decades past, it would have negatively impacted America's technical advantage.

Steve Jobs' birth father was a Syrian immigrant.
Sergey Brin, one of the co-founders of Google, was born in Russia.
Etc.

[Mopar151]

43. That's what they fear the most - smart people, willing to work their asses off!

Willing to "lend a hand", not ashamed of being a good neighbor! Being a child of nobility or wealth used to mean that life was pretty easy, especially if you did'nt mind doing something shady to "keep up your standing". But if PaPa said "jump - for the family", you could marry a monster as part of some takeover deal!

Immigrants dream of a life free of "wealthy noblemen", warlords, gangsters, and "strongmen".

[Grokenstein]

17. Values? Li'l Lord Elon?? VALUES??

"He don't know me very well, DO he?"

[rubbersole]

18. Hey, Hannity...

...another rich furriner besides George Soros! Here's at least an hour of content where you can be your insufferable asshole self being a self-righteous patriot on TV.

[appleannie1]

19. People do get things right on occasion

[Butterflylady]

20. He doesn't support LOSERS.

[Martin68]

22. Nice put down of Elon.

I suspect Musk is a sociopath, so he doesn't care if a president lies, cheats, rapes, demeans women, hates immigrants as long as he cuts the taxes of the wealthy.

[berksdem]

23. Mic drop!

[Rizen]

24. Elon Musk is the biggest loser in the world.

[CentralMass]

27. Elmo's looking for love in all the wrong places.

[TiredGenXFemme]

28. Love this!

Also, his tariffs and other financial policies will F up the entire economy in such a way that the tax cuts (for the wealthiest Americans) will be meaningless when the stock market goes to heck.

[Old Crank]

29. Pretty sucinct

statement there.

What values do you want to model for your kids.....

[orangecrush]

30. It's called "class"

Something Trump knows nothing about.

[WiVoter]

32. Absolutely Beautiful!

[wolfie001]

33. Good for him

Fuck apartheid nepo baby.

[calimary]

35. OUCH!

OUCH-a-Rooney-pie!!!

[Warpy]

36. OUCH

but it's about time somebody told Musk where some of the lines are. The man really doesn't seem to know.

[paleotn]

37. Funny, Khosla's statement fits Elon the man / child just was well.

[quakerboy]

38. at what point

Does his running of Twitter become an in kind donation?

[SupportSanity]

39. Summed it right up, didn't he!

[BradBo]

40. Wow, Musk is worse than I thought. Mindless.

[Faux pas]

41. SNAP

[Grins]

42. Trump's "personal value is DEPRAVITY." Nice.

[highplainsdem]

44. I saw that exchange on Twitter yesterday. Really enjoyed it.

[Skittles]

46. THANK YOU MR. KHOSLA

[C Moon]

47. ahole musk is probably looking at his promised maga donations and thinking "oh...fuck."

[redqueen]

48. This warms my heart

🥰

Imagining the neo Nazis frustration and (hopefully) anger is icing on the cake 😁

[orleans]

49. so when khosla asked "do you want his example for your kids as values?" eloon replied

YES
YES
A THOUSAND TIMES YES!

[moniss]

50. In reality to those questions Vinod

asked the answer from Musk would be "yes".

[RockRaven]

51. Fine quip, but that guy is also a dickhead.

Look up his name plus Martins Beach for details.

[jmowreader]

52. That Elon Musk supports Trump is a bit worrying TBH

For some unknown reason the guy has a fan base who think he can do no wrong. If he says to vote for the devil, his Muskies will unthinkingly vote for Trump.

[lefthandedskyhook]

55. Elon should take a long walk off a short pier

during a cat 5 hurricane